Video: Les Paul talks about creating a solid-body guitar

Rock and roll wouldn’t be the same without Les Paul, the president of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum told The Associated Press.

Paul, who died from pneumonia today at 94, was instrumental for his instrument — namely, the solid-body guitar he helped develop and rock legends from Pete Townsend to Jimmy Page all made their own.

Seattle’s Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum dug up a clip from its archives of Paul explaining how he created the game-changing instrument. It’s taken from an interview EMP curator Jacob McMurray conducted with Paul in 2005. Check it out here or below: